The Classic Collection features four of the great classic movies in a Limited Edition DVD Box Set.
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if your name is
on the Nazi's most-wanted list. Atop that list is Czech Resistance leader
Victor Laszlo, whose only hope is Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical
American who sticks his neck out for no one… especially Victor's wife Ilsa,
the ex-lover who broke his heart. So when Ilsa offers herself in exchange for
Laszlo's safe transport out of the country, the bitter Rick must decide
what's more important – his own happiness or the countless lives that hang
in the balance.
Director: Michael Curtiz, Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid,
Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Peter Lorre
“Rightly one of the most popular – if not the most popular – films
of all time.” Film4
“There's a reason the world loves this wartime film, now digitally
restored: more memorable dialogue than should be strictly legal, heartbreaking
performances from the two leads and a plot that works with Swiss-watch
precision.” Daily Telegraph UK
“This is it. The best movie ever made.” DVD Talk
“One of those rare films where every shot and every quotable line of
dialogue counts, there's not a dead patch in Casablanca.”
Total Film
- Dolby Digital Mono, 1.33:1 Full Screen, Languages – English, French, Italian
- Subtitles – Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portugese, Romanian, Spanish
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Lara inspires lechery in Komarovsky (her mother's lover who is a master at
surviving whoever runs Russia) and can't compete with passion for the revolution
of the man she marries, Pasha. Her true love is Zhivago who also loves his wife.
Lara is the one who inspires poetry. The story is narrated by Zhivago's half
brother Yevgraf, who has made his career in the Soviet Army. At the beginning of
the film he is about to meet a young woman he believes may be the long lost
daughter of Lara and Zhivago.
Director: David Lean, Stars: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod
Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay
“Literate, oldfashioned, soul-filling and thoroughly romantic.”
TIME Magazine
“One of the most meticulously designed and executed films.”
Variety
“beautifully crafted 193 minute opus from the master of epic cinema,
David Lean.” Film4
- Dolby Digital 5.1, Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1), Languages – English, Italian
- Subtitles – English, Italian, French, Spanish, German
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this dazzling
epic stars Vivien Leigh as the tempestuous Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as
the dashing Rhett Butler. Forever linked by passion and separated by pride and
self-delusion, these unforgettable screen lovers bring Mitchell's immortal saga
vividly to life, set against the stunning backdrop of a time and place forever
Gone With the Wind.
Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh,
Thomas Mitchell
“Grand old Hollywood at its most magnificent and melodramatic. Say what
you like about the soapy characterisation and plotting, the spectacle flattens
all in its wake.” Film4
“To see Gone With the Wind on a big screen again is to weep for the
fearlessness with which Hollywood once believed the sublime was
possible.” Entertainment Weekly
“Even though the habits of movie- goers have changed over the years,
it's easy to see why this film provoked such an outpouring of praise and
adulation during its initial release, and why its stature has grown with the
passage of decades.” ReelViews
- Dolby Digital 5.1, 1.33:1 Fullscreen, Langauges – English, Italian
- Subtitles – Bulgarian, English, French, German, Italian, Romanian, Spanish
Ben Hur (1959)
Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the
beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend
Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are
happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them.
During the welcome parade a brick falls down from Judah's house and barely
misses the governor. Although Messala knows that they are not guilty he sends
Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah
swears to come back and take revenge.
Director: William Wyler, Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd,
Haya Harareet, Martha Scott
“A masterpiece of epic filmmaking” IGN
“The biggest and the best of Hollywood's super-spectacles.” TIME
Magazine
“It's very much of its time, overblown and overlong – but Ben-Hur is
rightfully lodged at the forefront of Hollywood history.” Film4
- Dolby Digital 5.1, Anamorphic Widescreen (2.70:1), Languages – English, Italian
- Subtitles – English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Doctor Zhivago – Interviews, Audio Commentary, Isolated Score, 8 Featurettes, Trailer
- Ben Hur – Screen Tests, Charlton Heston Audio Commentary, Documentary, Trailer
- Slipcase Packaging